What is the problem you are having with rclone?
Some files are failing to download with a 403 error. But most are fine. Looks like the files giving me trouble are only the auto-generated chat files from google meets. So, it seems it has to something with that. Permissions look fine on the web interface. Maybe you could help me debug the issue?
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.70.3
- os/version: ubuntu 24.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.15.5-gnu-parabola1-1 (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.24.4
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using?
Google Drive
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone sync gdrive-Drive /backups/Drive
Rclone config
[gdrive-Drive]
type = drive
scope = drive.readonly
service_account_file = /opt/XXX/gdrive-service-account-key.json
team_drive = XXX
root_folder_id =
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
2025/08/18 12:46:04 ERROR : XX/Quick Meeting between YY YY and ZZ ZZ - 2025／07／23 16:59 CEST - Chat: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: This file cannot be downloaded by the user., cannotDownloadFile
With --dump requests
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : Quick Meeting between YY and ZZ - 2025／07／23 16:59 CEST - Chat: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : HTTP REQUEST (req 0xc0008266c0)
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : GET /drive/v3/files/1KqoqZWitM0xJD2p1_7de0Qyp3rZwbArW?alt=media HTTP/1.1
Host: www.googleapis.com
User-Agent: rclone/
Authorization: XXXX
Accept-Encoding: gzip
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : HTTP RESPONSE (req 0xc0008266c0)
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Length: 271
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:05:54 GMT
Expires: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:05:54 GMT
Server: ESF
Vary: Origin, X-Origin
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-Guploader-Uploadid: ABgVH881vxec2QBczndnD1HDlYh59slMeQephvydbv4PdmJE727zwbziBzl-JXqChBd_IL_e5GYqjuQ
X-Xss-Protection: 0
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
2025/08/18 14:05:54 ERROR : Quick Meeting between YY and ZZ - 2025／07／23 16:59 CEST - Chat: Failed to copy: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: This file cannot be downloaded by the user., cannotDownloadFile
2025/08/18 14:05:54 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: failed to open source object: open file failed: googleapi: Error 403: This file cannot be downloaded by the user., cannotDownloadFile
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : HTTP REQUEST (req 0xc0008277a0)
2025/08/18 14:05:54 DEBUG : GET /drive/v3/files?alt=json&corpora=drive&driveId=0AB3tt_s0j3PGUZ9PVA&fields=files%28id%2Cname%2Csize%2Cmd5Checksum%2Ctrashed%2CexplicitlyTrashed%2CmodifiedTime%2CcreatedTime%2CmimeType%2Cparents%2CwebViewLink%2CshortcutDetails%2CexportLinks%2CresourceKey%29%2CnextPageToken%2CincompleteSearch&includeItemsFromAllDrives=true&pageSize=1000&prettyPrint=false&q=trashed%3Dfalse+and+%28%2714OmOUap-uRNsHnhswGr-3eV42PDgMVr%27+in+parents%29+and+%28name%3D%27Quick+Meeting+between+YY+YY+and+ZZ+ZZ+-+2025%2F07%2F23+16%3A59+CEST+-+Chat%27%29&supportsAllDrives=true HTTP/1.1
Host: www.googleapis.com
User-Agent: rclone/
Authorization: XXXX
X-Goog-Api-Client: gl-go/1.22.2 gdcl/20211201
Accept-Encoding: gzip